Comment Unintended Camera Purchase (Score 2, Interesting) 248
I never actually wanted the camera that came with my phone though. I'd be happier with a cheaper one without. Too bad they don't exist anymore.
Wikileaks Now Hosted By the Swedish Pirate Party 438
oskii writes "During his visit to the the Swedish capital Stockholm, Wikileaks spokesman Julian Assange has struck a deal with the local Pirate Party. The party, which participates in the national elections next month, will host several new Wikileaks servers to protect freedom of press and help the whistleblower site to carry out its operation."
KDE 4.5 Released 302
An anonymous reader writes "KDE 4.5.0 has been released to the world. See the release announcement for details. Highlights include a Webkit browser rendering option for Konqueror, a new caching mechanism for a faster experience and a re-worked notification system. Another new feature is Perl bindings, in addition to Python, Ruby and JavaScript support. The Phonon multimedia library now integrates with PulseAudio. See this interview with KDE developer and spokesperson Sebastian Kugler on how KDE can continue to be innovative in the KDE4 age. Packages should be available for most Linux distributions in the coming days. More than 16000 bug fixes were committed since 4.4."
Comment What about second-hand books? (Score 1) 390
There's nothing like spending time in second-hand book stores. It's a great way to pass them on for a bit of credit, and get more great books for half price.
Unless you're like me, and keep all the books you buy and read, in order to place on an "Academic penis" that is a bookshelf.
Firefox 3.5 Now the Most Popular Browser Worldwide 422
gQuigs notes a graph up at StatCounter Global Statistics, which shows that in the last few days Firefox 3.5 became the most used browser version worldwide, edging ahead of IE7. IE8 is rising fast (along with Windows 7), but over the last few months the slope of Firefox's worldwide curve has been steeper. (In the US, IE8 has always been ahead of Firefox 3.5; in Europe Firefox has led since late summer.) The submitter suggests using the time when Firefox rules the roost, globally speaking, to put the final nail in the coffin of IE6, which still has a 14% global share (5%-7% in the US and EU; China and Korea are holding up IE6's numbers).
Herschel's First Science Results, Eagle Nebula 91
davecl writes "Over the next three days, many new science results will come out from Herschel. The first of these, a view deep inside the stellar nursery of the Eagle Nebula, finds a huge amount of activity, revealing new stars and filaments of dust that could not have been detected by previous telescopes. Also open today is OSHI, the online showcase of Herschel images where all the new science images will be found. Herschel news also available on the Herschel Mission Blog."
Submission + - Facebook status update provides alibi (cnn.com)
fattmatt writes: A NY man accused of robbery has successfully used his Facebook status update for his alibi. The best part is the actual status update... "On the phone with this fat chick... where my IHOP."
Comment Re:How Much Damage? (Score 3, Interesting) 289
TFA says 7 meters - which is still 30% smaller than what you quote. 30% off a hiroshima bomb is a lot. Not to mention that the composition of the object has quite an effect as well.
I'm going to let a source that carries a little more weight to, well, weigh in on it.
Comment 'Owning A Canadian' refers to a joke (Score 5, Informative) 513
A radio personality named Dr. Laura Schlessinger, an orthodox jew, once said on her show that homosexuality was an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and could not be condoned under any circumstance. "Why Can't I Own A Canadian is the title of
the letter in response to her comments.
Comment Re:Celsius: It's for telling temperature (Score 1) 1233
Make a cube of that side, a cubic meter. Fill that with water near the sea level and you get a volume of 1 Liter of water.
There are 1000L in a cubic meter, not one.
Comment Re:Back it up with a little detail helps. (Score 1) 260
He might get sued for that.
Nokia Fears Carriers May Try To Undermine N900 307
An anonymous reader writes "Nokia is worried that networks may reject selling the N900 because it won't allow them to mess with the operating system. Nokia has previously showed the N900 running a root shell and it appears to use the same interface for IM and phone functions. Meanwhile, Verizon is claiming that 'exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation.' Is it too late to explain to people why $99+$60/month is not better than $600+$20/month?"
Comment Surprised? (Score 3, Insightful) 384
Ahh, the hypocrisy of our democracy.
What's In an Educational Game? 160
An anonymous reader writes "I work at a non-profit whose mandate is to increase science literacy and awareness. One of the methods that we've started exploring is in making free, online educational games. Our target demographic for the games is kids aged 8-12, but there is no reason the games could not also appeal to a broader age range. What would you look for in an educational game? Does length and depth of gameplay matter to you, or would you rather play a trivial game with subconscious educational value?"
Comment Re:And they wonder why..... (Score 1) 299
Neither GM nor Chrysler will "get it". Why should they? They have governed by finance pros instead of by engineers.
I'm an engineer, and the marketing department at my company will always get over double the budget of my design dept. This is normal, and simply a question of marketing. It has nothing to do with any mismanagement of GM at all, actually. Seth Godin's blog, although usually vague and general, gives a bit of insight into this matter. Moral of the story: People don't buy what's best, people buy what they want. GM is just providing an option to cater to something people would want, and making good money doing it. It's not like they were sacrificing any performance for the add-on. If anything, they're managing their resources even better by doing this.
